Batman and Wolverine MERGED into DARK CLAW from Amalgam!

Dark Claw is from the Amalgam Universe and is a combination of both Batman and Wolverine. After the murder of his parents and the discovery of his mutant abilities, he became Dark Claw, the World's Greatest Detective! He puts fear in the hearts of criminals and serves just in a violent way. He is also a founding member of the Justice League of Avengers. Never miss an episode by subscribing today! bit.ly/2WYvgkt #amalgam
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[@comicpop]

Pre-order the Amalgam omnibus, out August 6! amzn.to/3xPLftq

[@jameshowlett8811]

I'm guessing the song would have a "Dark Wing Duck" tune behind it

[@MFSeaMen]

"I'm the goddamn Dark Claw" - All Star Dark Claw and Sparrow

[@deidaramaster100]

, The Girl Wonder

[@MFSeaMen]

@@deidaramaster100 I genuinely had blocked out how cumbersome and unnecessary that title was.

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

“I’m da Hyena baybee” - da Hyena baybee

[@creed8712]

@@halfmettlealchemist8076 “Martin Martin, brother of Hyena” - Martin, Brother of Hyena

[@MFSeaMen]

@@creed8712 "Blippity Blip"

[@yanceynitzsche5115]

Ben white-boy rapping the Dark Claw theme song might be the single funniest moment in show history. Bravo Ben, bra-vo.

[@creed8712]

You mean Ken right?

[@nailinthefashion]

@@creed8712lmfao

[@masonturpen3869]

I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at back issues before

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

It was me, Sal. Years ago, I left a comment for an Amalgam Back Issues on the Ms. Marvel 7 episode of Off the Rack, and then worked for years to get the idea into Dan Slott's head to make Spider-Boy. Leading to Marvel and DC having to talk about Amalgam, releasing those joint Omnibuses, and eventually that news finding its way to your ears. In all seriousness, I am beyond excited. It feels like a holiday! Woohoo!

[@thedukeofchutney468]

Honestly I’d believe that. You’re everywhere dude. You’re practically a YT legend.

[@akiraeatsguitarpicks491]

Remember that classic Darkclaw moment where he calls Sparrow a slut? All Star Darkclaw was great

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

I personally loved Christian Jackman’s performance as him in Denis Nolan’s hit movie “The Dark Claw”

[@thomasarcanine]

Heath Schreiber casting as Hyena was awesome, but the recast Tyler Leto was wack...

[@thewilhelmscream7912]

Hugh Keaton is the quintessential Dark Claw, no question!!! "I'm Dark Claw!" (SNIKT)

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

@@thewilhelmscream7912 Why did Claw say that? Is he stupid?

[@thewilhelmscream7912]

@halfmettlealchemist8076 Dark Claw 89 was a different time, the effects are cheesy but the acting and story still holds up :)

[@toxsun]

That "Encyclopedia Nerditca" reference in the intro 😂 love it.

[@lexofpower2822]

I know right 😂

[@thomasarcanine]

brings me back at Episode 1 intro too... 🤣

[@priceyyeti4058]

"Don't make corpses have nipples." ~ComicPOP, 2024

[@tjjordan4207]

Joel Schumacher: “But what about Batman?”

[@chrismennell1606]

Ah, so kitty grayson grew up to become Shadowing/Nightcat. Love it.

[@Volvagia1927]

Shadowwing. Because Nightcat is actually a thing. An, extremely, dumb thing. "Is there no honour among Ninjas and Ninja Style Dancers!?"

[@Grievousish]

As a kid i found this comic in a dollar store and thought that some random company had ripped off Marvel and DC. Little did I know what I was holding lol

[@Ducaso]

Same with me, I thought it was some kinda knockoff! 😂

[@will_da_man_]

Holy shit I was the EXACT same lol

[@RandomGuy1Billion]

How is it they land on "else what if" when the "What Else?" line is just right there.

[@patriciomendoza19]

When the Omnibus drops I can't wait for Sal to try and explain the Main Mallard; Lobo the Duck.

[@priceyyeti4058]

Ra's A-Pocalypse will return in the dramatic year-long comics event No Man's Apocalypse.

[@andrewj.browncomics7348]

24:10. Bob Lee? You mean Jack Finger sir!

[@creed8712]

I was gonna say, Stan Lee and Bob Kane being the one to create dark claw makes sense since neither made the unamalgamed characters

[@elmerortega7553]

Sal having a "conspiracy theorist" mind about the Amalgam crossover coming back is hilarious.

[@happysteve119]

I feel like sal was the crazed conspiracy meme guy in regards to marvel/dc crossovers and amalgam. Everyone both mocked and insulted Sal only for him to be proven right. I never doubted you at all Sal.

[@kermitthepog7063]

52:31 and they didn't call the eye patch alias Patches Malone?! It was RIGHT THERE!

[@Cristina5753]

You’re so right-it’s like they weren’t even trying

[@jabezcreed]

Best part is when Ethan pauses to ask what Dark Claw thinks he is. I'm still crying.

[@THE_Dodge_Morningstar]

😂😂That one killed me too.

[@WhatIsItAboutThem]

The way the first 4 secs instantly injected dopamine into my veins

[@obsoleteill9706]

Hearing Sal say "Would smash🙂‍↕️" just made my day LOL🤣🤣🤣

[@ninja1man4u]

Is that fedora a reference to comicpop where bad comics burn?

[@Freefall347]

"Helloooo and welcome to Popping the 4th Wall, where bad comics burn." God, I haven't thought of that guy in ages.

[@cullenn2100]

I loved the running gag of The Secret Crisis of the Infinity Hour being referenced as a major Amalgam crossover

[@johnnieriot13]

The Jason Todd of this world is that girl Spider-man punched to death in that Spider-Man/ Wolverine cross over

[@zman2836]

If we do get another amalgam, hopefully we are spared from the Darkclaw who laughs.

[@HatteroSorrow]

Don’t even kid! You know they’ll see this…!

[@sharpc-tudent]

The dark claw who laughs would be a four-way amalgam... joker + sabretooh + batman + wolverine... I pity the one who would have to design such a mess

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

I thought that DCWL was a good villain when he first showed up in the “M is for Metal” crossover, but I agree that he’s gotten way too overused lately. Honestly, Dark Claw’s overexposure has really been hurting the Amalgam brand by stealing the spotlight from characters like Wonder Storm and the Teen Champions.

[@LtDragonfruit]

or the jackal that paints

[@HOTD108_]

The Darkckaw who Gaffaws

[@sergioruiz733]

"Would you do it for a Klondike Bar?" 😂

[@ftfasttalkfoodreviewsyt]

Dick Grayson/Shadowkat=Shadow Wing Jason Todd/Armor=Red Armor Tim Drake/Jubilee=Sparrow Bat Girl/Jean Grey= Pheonix

[@pickedceasar1216]

Daken and Damian As well as Huntress and X-23 if they ever do a remake

[@ftfasttalkfoodreviewsyt]

@@pickedceasar1216 daken/damien= red claw Huntress/x23= Huntress x or Huntress 23?

[@YouCalledForTheDoc]

@@ftfasttalkfoodreviewsytCould do Dark Talon for Laura/Helena. Use Laura’s intended codename before her experiment one was such a hit. Was so weird when Laura went back to having a book called X-23 and using that as her title pre-Krakoa when a year earlier she had been Wolverine. And went back to it in Krakoa cause it made no sense to use X-23 a decade after she left the name behind.

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

⁠@@pickedceasar1216 Laura/Cass would be a much more fitting combination IMO.

[@thomasarcanine]

Omega Red + Bane = Omega Bane Cyber + Killer Croc = Cybergator Silver Samurai + Two-Face = Half-Faced Ronin

[@Jscallen13]

Clearly when they were designing these characters they went off of popularity. Hawkman and Wolverine would have been a better match. Both had Swiss cheese memories, both have strange metal. They both lived long lives and hots for redheads.

[@lucyinchat]

But does hawkman have a secondary secret identity?

[@JohnClark-tt2bl]

​@@lucyinchatsecondary? I'm pretty sure hawkman has origin stories in surplus.

[@Jscallen13]

@@lucyinchat every past life is a new identity.

[@gedeonnunes5626]

Most important of all: both of them have a hairy chest

[@raistlinmajere5550]

Ben "singing" the Dark Claw song brought so much joy to so many people

[@Sqoobthedude]

Do you remember when Baneto ripped out Dark Claw's back? It was one of the coolest stories and to have it lead into Dakkael Dark Claw.

[@k-h-f]

Dark Claw doesn't kill! Everyone misunderstands his character, but Dark Claw Begins makes it very clear!! He didn't kill Ra's Apocalypse, he just didn't save him! 😊

[@mttylerdurden9]

He also didn't kill all those ninjas when he blew that monastery up.

[@leoncommander]

26:30 the sparrows should be Kitty Grayson, Jean Todd and then Jubilation Kelly 😅 32:20 omg sallll 😂

[@mike7277]

Poor Ethan at 18:20 thinking that there was some semblance of order to amalgam to keep characters from being reused. Clearly, he did not purchase packs of Amalgam Cards growing up! Otherwise he would be aware that there are two Batman derivatives! Dark Claw, and, separately, Bruce Wayne, Agent of Shield.

[@dylanlewis5113]

The Amalgam of Superman and Captain America was a pretty neat idea. Basically using salvaged Kryptonian tech and DNA to create Captain America. Plus, I like the name Super Soldier.

[@Xtra_Medium]

I still say "All New All 52 Darkclaw" was the best the character's ever been

[@S0C0ZY]

Dark Claw SNIKKTT 😂

[@Depthcharge2030]

That intro had me thinking...maybe you guys should cover Deathmate on the couch. That has to be THE amalgamation.

[@TevyaSmolka]

That intro is freaking fantastic I love it so much great job guys and great episode of back issues of dark claw this was amazing and tons of fun.

[@jaspereddy4535]

Hearing Sal talk about good the amalgam Omni cover is, now that Jim Lee released his amazing cover the Dc vs Marvel Omni earlier today is perfect timing😂

[@levonleban6252]

Man if amalgam came out today we’d probably get a dark claw who laughs.

[@fragile4408]

Dark Claw who Jackles

[@dartbaston]

Came for the Amalgam story, stayed for Dark Claw's song

[@chris_usler]

Such a good episode. The Wolverine/Batman origin section was so funny.

[@jabezcreed]

I'm still rolling

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

In the spirit of celebrating Amalgam Comics, here's a list of some of my own ideas for Amalgam characters (feel free to reply with your own ideas!): - *Detective Duck, aka Howard:* a talking duck from another universe who ended up stranded in our own long ago, with the will (and the bill) to sniff out crime wherever he finds it. - *Blue Spider, aka Jaime Morales:* a high schooler from Metropolis bonded to a mysterious alien parasite, summoned by FiskCorp in an attempt to replicate Spider-Boy's powers. Now with Spider-Boy himself seemingly dead after a fateful confrontation with Alexander Fisk, Jaime must live up to the hero's legacy and become the hero his city needs him to be. - *Sekhmet, aka Jean-Paul Spector:* a vigilante raised by the Order of Khonshu to be their soldier of the night, who temporarily took up the mantle of Dark Claw after the hero's spine was broken by Juggerbane. - *Shock-Moth, aka Drury Schultz:* not really much else to explain with this one.

[@gedeonnunes5626]

Miss Lantern: Jessica Khan has a cosmic bracelet that allows her to make constructs out of solid light--oh, wait, they already did that one

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

@@gedeonnunes5626 No wait, you’re on to something here - Jessica Khan, aka Miss Lantern, takes up the role as the apprentice of Hailey “Hal” Danvers, aka Captain Lantern

[@josephupchurch7138]

Jesus tap dancing Christ, Ben. Klondike bar. I'm dead 🤣🤣🤣

[@theverminator4219]

48:30 Attacking and accosting the audience is a comic publisher tradition, good to know some things never change🤣🤣🤣

[@trevorghalt1881]

Ben singing the Dark Claw theme song was perfect and the second comic was miles better than the first if only she had a Klondike bar😂

[@TheGreatDevlin]

Crazy how *The Red Pariah* is the big bad that the Amalgam Extended Cinematic Universe is building to in phase 6. And he's played by Ryan Reynolds. Yes, he's a multiversal constant.

[@leomoreno7369]

Tiffany's worst nightmare

[@thinktankstudios]

For some reason when Sal said "Vision" I imagined it as being an amalgam of Image and Valiant and then my mind raced with the thought of merging classic Image characters with Valiant characters.

[@leonardomaranhao2861]

Another Linkara reference, it would be really cool if he could be a guest on the show some day.

[@ninja1man4u]

I'm sure it'll happen the next time linkara punches reality while screaming " I am a man!"

[@eduardoflores1503]

​@@ninja1man4u it is I, the Light bringer

[@greenberry6019]

​@@ninja1man4u Of course! Don't you know anything about science?

[@mero7731]

They should cover lightbringer 😂

[@cullenn2100]

Haven't they both guested with each other in the past?

[@jessicachristine4602]

I love this episode! I hope you do more amalgam episodes in the future, they're so bonkers and it's a delight to see Ethan and Bens reactions to them

[@8BitCutman]

I never thought about it but Wolverine collects teen sidekicks just as much as Batman. The Jubilee/Robin thing had me rolling. 🤣

[@jclombardi8471]

I love that Sal, Ethan, and Ben put more thought into this comic than the people who made it.

[@robertangus616]

Someone needs to animate the Dark Claw show and use the fan song as the theme. Dark Claw! SNIKT

[@nerdin1696]

I've been watching Dark Claw'97 lately and it's been great!

[@raz0rbladeapolo]

This is one of my favorite episodes. I'm that weirdo that un-ironically loved MvsDC, Amalgam, and All Access. As a kid I only ever got All Access #1 and a handful of the MvsDC books. As an adult I collected all of it. Some of it I really love, Assassins, and some of it not so much, Dark Claw. Love this episode and the live for the books!

[@peacerevolver]

Now I want Captain Batmerica

[@PowerPackers90]

Yeah, I preordered the crossovers one cause of all the back issues

[@JD-610]

The loudest audible laugh was heard from me when Sal made the comment about ensign Lynch. I immediately got the reference. First Contact is one of my favorite movies and my brother and I constantly quote that scene. I was already a fan of ComicPop, But I just became a Forever Fan. Literally still smiling and laughing as I type this.

[@plumlineltd7585]

I’ve been trying to re-collect all the amalgam books for a while now, they came out when I was a little boy and my dad and uncles were so hyped for it.

[@GTMQ8]

Sal, Evan and Ken are finally back!

[@michealcoble9325]

I preordered my amalgam omnibuses from my local comic book store. After I found out from you they were being released months ago. Thank you for keeping me updated on what is being released.

[@mttylerdurden9]

51:31 Chris Hansen: i know who you're talking about. I asked him to have a seat once.

[@TheSpiderworks]

Omega Red & clay face combined together to become Red Clay Face

[@eqs1782]

You guys are awesome - Ben

[@TommyWest.]

Sal, the Spider-Boy aside is the kind of content I live for. I surmise you and I are roughly the same age.I remember thinking everything branded Amalgam was gaudy and corny.

[@Christian-P.O.V]

lol. Thank you for reading the Dark Claw song😂😂😂

[@Three_Tiny_Robots]

I genuinely loved Kurt Busiek's Iron Lantern. The mash-up origin made as much sense as anything from Amalgam, and the single issue had me wishing there was actually a whole series to read 😄

[@ivansplvd6518]

"The man you love becomes the love you make" Great episode guys

[@colegerlach6721]

I have always loved the idea of Amalgam, as batshit insane it is, I think it’s cool they worked together to do something like this. I have also immediately preordered the omnibuses as well

[@Brainiac1138]

These books were silly fun and I can tell the guys were having a good time. Love it

[@gettingartsywithalobster1949]

I think this might be hands down one of the funniest episodes yet!

[@HatteroSorrow]

Lady Talia’s goons being the amalgam League of Assassins with the Reavers was a nice touch!

[@castles_corner]

I hope one day you're able to discuss Superman: Peace on Earth, Batman: War on Crime, Shazam!: Power of Hope, Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth, JLA: Secret Origins, or JLA: Liberty and Justice. Any one of these is great and the Alex Ross art is perfection. I think the messages these stories tell are important and worth checking out.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

50:03 The Darkclaw song 😂

[@theshade6176]

Will you guys consider covering Batman: Year 100 by Paul Pope by any chance? A great book in my opinion and I'd love to see more people talk about since it's not as popular as other Elseworlds like Gotham by Gaslight and Kingdom Come.

[@kr555wizard]

You guys were a great klondike ad, i grabbed a few from the store after watching this episode, now my life is better than before, and i didn’t need to have my father die or break another person’s heart

[@Stoopid_Sandwich]

You know a thought just occurred to me when you guys brought up, who did the sparrow costume memorial belong to in Dark Claws cave? What if it belonged to an amalgamated version of Jason Todd and Amiko Koboyashi (the young orphan girl from Japan that Wolverine adopted? ) because then it merges perfectly because they are two orphaned, temperamental street urchins who lost their parents to crime?

[@Red-Rebel]

1:11:28 They should've called it "What Else?". Come on, it was right there!

[@Cristina5753]

Right?! I had the same thought

[@cubencis]

Amalgam intro was great

[@heatarms123]

Seeing this made my day, I'm the only one of my friends who's ever enjoyed Amalgam stuff, and while it's ridiculous there's definitely something fun about it. Totally picking up those omnibuses, and looking forward to the next episode! I hope you guys do Spider-Boy, because that amalgam is a helluva trip.

[@ARKHAMNIGHT13]

This episode was stupid in the best way possible 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sergioguzman9736]

I do appreciate the Lily from First Contact references 😂

[@MrCeratix]

Have to give extra credit for doing the Dark Claw theme song. considering the era I could absolutely see it being for the 90's Animated series, bravo 👏👏

[@Sicod79]

Ok, ok, I thought the corpses having nipples thing was going to be a LOT worse (I have this issue but haven't read it in decades). A painting of a woman who was living at the time but is currently dead is a lot less squicky then I thought it was going.

[@hyaena23]

Love you guys, just today i discovered how to see all my comments and saw that my first comment on your channel was 10 years ago :3 love you guys ❤ your content keeps getting better and better, i just hope we had a little more epidoses of getting physical whit Ethan xd. Love from Mexico 🇲🇽 ❤

[@PirateJacques79]

'Jack of all trades... Master of none'.

[@Cristina5753]

This episode is great!! The intro is amazing😂 The ending is a great amalgam. 11:35 Sal’s love for crossovers between comic book companies (quality be damned, it’s cool) 14:40 young Sal😂 18:40 arguably MJ in the Spider-Man PS5 game is an amalgam of Lois Lane & Mary Jane 21:02 nightmare to who? 30:19 I thought Sal said Logan was a prolific “hunter”, which I thought makes sense. Then I went back a few seconds & realized you said painter, which makes no sense. 33:47 Ben’s origin for Darkclaw is genius-I actually love it & hope it happens 41:27 “or she’s just young” dude middle schoolers have shown me that they can basically stalk any person if they have their name & what city they live in-it’s unnerving. 55:25 I love that Sal loves that name😂 1:07:05 I love Klondike bars💙 I now want to read a story that ends up being a Klondike bar ad 1:11:29 Else What If? should be What Else… 1:14:13-58 😂😂

[@nickabenson]

I am totally down for more Amalgam books on Back Issues in the future. I have both omnibuses pre-ordered and I am excited to get them in August.

[@Bladescorpion83]

Can’t wait to got to McKing’s and get some fine quality Dark Claw: Returns drinking glasses!

[@AggroCrow616]

I think the cyborgs Lady Thalia sends are based on the Reavers, who were Lady Deathstrike's squad in one episode of the X-men animated series

[@andresirizarry503]

Dark Claw snikt... 😂😂😂

[@tjjordan4207]

That intro was probably how Zack Snyder pitched his Rebel Moon franchise.

[@CGomm-le7gv]

I like the idea dark claw parents were killed by a amalgam Dracula/joe chill hence the mask and bat theme

[@oldusernamewasbadlol]

I just need to post a general thank you for this series. I gave up superhero comics in the early 2000s cos I was getting cynical about how any big change was always temporary (and annoyed when I found out how work-for-hire works). This series has been great for validating my decisions to miss out on some stuff while pointing out the stuff I do wanna see, and I haven't had to wade through a thousand comics with long-discarded storylines to get to them, so thanks. ❤

[@metalliopleurodon]

Amalgam was my childhood. My brother had most of them when i was little. Same with Marvel vs DC and Access. I've always dreamed of a Marvel vs Capcom style game that incorporated the crossover in any way.

[@benhunt25]

I mean, technically Lego has the license for both DC and Marvel, so they could put out Amalgam stuff, too

[@gogoku69]

I really wish there would be an initiative by all parties involved. Like a 10 year plan with Amalgam as a joint venture for comics, movies, cartoons. I mean we already have parties involved jumping between companies, why not have the companies come together as a love letter to fans. Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, Joe Quesada, Zack Snyder, Alex Ross. Have Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, James Cameron, Ron Howard, and Kevin Feige run the motion picture division.

[@Cornholio174]

I completely forgot about the omnibuses coming out, just preordered both

[@BMC_comix]

I got the Thorion issue at a con recently, love it! Great episode guys!!

[@duckcade2855]

THE CANADIAN NICKEL IN THE DARKCLAW CAVE AHHHH

[@architeuthis3476]

If they're doing _Amalgam,_ they've gotta do _Deathmate_

[@glennprier4655]

This is great, loving the Wolverine/ X-Men content recently. Would love to hear you explain Grant Morrison’s New X-Men at some point as well!